Notice End Date: April 10, 2026

Vendor Name: NCS Pearson Inc.

Contract Amount: Approximately $180,000

Agency Procurement Manager: Angel Cartwright

Agency Procurement Manager Email: cartwrightp@bcsdschools.net

Agency Procurement Manager Telephone#: 843-899-8785

The Agency hereby provides notice that it intends to enter into a sole source contract per S.C. Code Ann. §11-35-1560 with Vendor for the following supplies, services, information technology, or construction:

Berkeley County School District hereby provides notice that it intends to enter into a sole source contract with Pearson, for the copyrighted Digital Assessment Library for Schools, and, any additional assessments required to provide required services to our Special Education population, for FY26/27. DALS includes, but is not limited to, forty (40) plus assessments for use by school psychologists, speech language pathologists, education diagnosticians, special education teachers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, etc.  

Agency's justification for a sole source procurement may be viewed or immediately obtained at: Agency Procurement Manager (Listed Above)

PROTESTS:
Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this sole source contract, shall notify the appropriate chief Procurement officer in writing of its intent to protest within five (5) business days of the date this notice is posted. Any actual or prospective bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor who is aggrieved in connection with the intended award or award of this sole source contract and has timely notified the appropriate chief procurement officer of its intent to protest, may protest to the appropriate chief procurement officer in the manner set forth below within fifteen days of the date this notice is posted; except that a matter that could have been raised as a protest of the solicitation may not be raised as a protest of the award or intended award of a contract.
A protest must be in writing, filed with the appropriate chief procurement officer, and set forth the grounds of the protest and the relief requested with enough particularity to give notice of the issues to be decided. The protest must be received by the appropriate chief procurement officer within the time provided above. Days are calculated as provided in S.C. Code Ann. § 11-35-310(13).

Any Notice Of Intent To Protest And Protest Must Be Addressed To: Other
Contact Name: Marcie Abrahamson
Contact Email Address: marcie@bcsdschools.net
Contact Mailing Address: P.O. Box 128, Moncks Corner, SC 29461